From jjllambias@hotmail.com Wed Jul 17 09:05:35 2002 Return-Path: X-Sender: jjllambias@hotmail.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_7_4); 17 Jul 2002 16:05:35 -0000 Received: (qmail 35103 invoked from network); 17 Jul 2002 16:05:34 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.218) by m15.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 17 Jul 2002 16:05:34 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO hotmail.com) (216.33.241.44) by mta3.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 17 Jul 2002 16:05:34 -0000 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Wed, 17 Jul 2002 09:05:34 -0700 Received: from 200.49.74.2 by lw8fd.law8.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Wed, 17 Jul 2002 16:05:34 GMT To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Bcc: Subject: Re: [lojban] A question for the sages: Consecutive Discourse cmavo Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 16:05:34 +0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 17 Jul 2002 16:05:34.0850 (UTC) FILETIME=[C8A1CE20:01C22DAB] From: "Jorge Llambias" X-Originating-IP: [200.49.74.2] X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=6071566 X-Yahoo-Profile: jjllambias2000 la xod cusku di'e >What are the actual differences between ji'a, si'a, and mi'u? ji'a: also, too, as well, additionally. Adds weight to previous case(s). si'a: similarly. Establishes parallelism with previous case(s). I don't think I've used mi'u very much. Supposedly it translates "ditto" when used alone, but I'm not sure how it would work as a discourse tag. It's probably closer to ke'u than to ji'a or si'a. Then there's also va'i to contrast with ke'u... mu'o mi'e xorxes noi ke'a le du'u ke'a prije ja certu kei genai xusra ginai tolxusra _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx